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Ethiopia diverts Blue Nile for dam

Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 29 (News Report) - Ethiopia starts diverting a stretch of the Blue Nile to make way for a dam that has caused a dispute with countries downstream, state media say.

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Tell Me How This Ends

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - May. 22 (Opinion) - SANLIURFA, Turkey — I’ve been traveling to Yemen, Syria and Turkey to film a documentary on how environmental stresses contributed to the Arab awakening. As I looked back on the trip, it occurred to me that three of our main characters — the leaders of t

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Goodbye to All That

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - On April 13, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority resigned. It was an easy development to miss, but not one to be ignored. It was very bad news, because Salam Fayyad was the “Arab Spring” before there was an Arab Spring.

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Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Asmaa Waguih, Ulf Laessing - Apr. 07 (News Report) - Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on Saturday, in some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt for months. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hardline Islamists repressed under his rule. ...

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Kerry in Cairo: Will US top diplomat succeed where Egyptians failed?

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Middle East Online - By Nicolas Revise - Mar. 04 (News Analysis) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Saturday to push for a way out of Egypt's political impasse and its crippling economic crisis.

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Violent tide of Salafism threatens the Arab spring

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Angelique Chrisafis, Patrick Kingsley, Peter Beaumont - Feb. 10 (News Analysis) - A series of repressive dictatorships have been brought down in north Africa, but the ensuing struggles for power have left a vacuum that has allowed the rise of an extremist movement that is gathering both force and supporters.

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India vs. China vs. Egypt

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Thomas L. Friedman - Feb. 06 (Opinion) - Which one will thrive the most in the 21st century? The race is on.

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Why the Arab awakening depends on social entrepreneurs for lasting success

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Iman Bibars, - Feb. 06 (Comment) - Social enterprise is naturally democratic and plays an important role in finding solutions to the social upheaval of the Middle East For two years, I have resisted use of the term Arab Spring to describe the events that have been unfolding in Egypt and the Middle East and North Africa. It is an unrealistic label to use, its application verging on naïve, even lazy, in this situation. Spring is a time where something with strong roots, carefully nurtured, flourishes and grows. We are not there yet; I hope that we may be soon. What the world witnessed in the initial 18 days of uprising and subsequent political and social developments was a rediscovery of our ability to effect change, a realisation that mass protest is one way to make our collective voice heard. But just as the myriad causes of that uprising had been entrenched in our society since long before the 25 January 2011, so have we seen in the two years that followed that they will not be solved by demonstrations alone. The voices ...

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Afghanistan 2014: How the US will Lose Yet another fruitless War (Jones)

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Informed Comment - By Juan - Jan. 28 (Opinion) - Ann Jones writes at Tomdispatch.com: Kabul, Afghanistan — Compromise, conflict, or collapse: ask an Afghan what to expect in 2014 and you’re likely to get a scenario that falls under one of those three headings. 2014, of course, is the year of the double whammy in Afghanistan: the next presidential election coupled with the departure of most American and other [...]

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Dozens Die in Egyptian Riots After Soccer Verdict

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Jan. 26 (News) - New York TimesDozens Die in Egyptian Riots After Soccer VerdictNew York TimesCAIRO — The Egyptian government appeared to have lost control of the major city of Port Said on Saturday after a court sentenced 21 fans to death for their role in a deadly soccer riot, and their supporters attacked the prison where they were being held, ...30 killed, over 300 injured in clashes after death sentence over Egypt's Port Said ...Xinhua27 die in Egypt riots after verdict in soccer deathsUSA TODAYAt least 30 killed in Egypt after football riot verdictIndian ExpressBBC News -Voice of America -Wall Street Journalall 246 news articles »

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Jihadists’ Surge in North Africa Reveals Grim Side of Arab Spring

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By ROBERT F. WORTH - Jan. 19 (News Report) - As the uprising closed in around him, the Libyan dictator Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi warned that if he fell, chaos and holy war would overtake North Africa. “Bin Laden’s people would come to impose ransoms by land and sea,” he told reporters. “

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New Constitution divides Egypt as economy falters

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - Dec. 29 (News Analysis) - The process of passing Egypt's Constitution has created more political distrust and anger. Meanwhile, a neglected economy is heading towards grim shoals. ...

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Egypt's Shura Council assumes law-making role

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Dec. 26 (News Report) - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has urged all political powers to take part in a national dialogue to resolve lingering tensions and promised to take necessary steps to heal the economy. At his first address to the nation since the adoption of a new constitution, he said on Wednesday that he was considering possible cabinet changes and planned to introduce incentives to make Egypt a more attractive investment destination.

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Egypt constitution likely to be approved

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

aljazeera.com - Dec. 23 (News Report) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is claiming that the country's new draft constitution has been passed after the final round of voting in a referendum, even as the opposition has claimed the group engaged in voting fraud. The Muslim Brotherhood, from which President Mohamed Morsi hails, and the official al-Ahram newspaper reported that about 64 percent of voters supported the constitution, after preliminary results were tallied from the second round on Saturday.

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Egypt’s Morsi Backs down Slightly, but Opposition to Campaign against his Referendum

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Informed Comment - By Juan - Dec. 09 (Opinion) - Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi late on Saturday abruptly announced that his controversial November 22 constitutional decree had been abrogated. He no longer holds himself above the law or above judicial review. The announcement came after he met with some of his critics, including liberal Ayman Nur of the Ghad (Tomorrow) Party, who had been jailed [...]

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Masses of Egyptian protesters force Morsi to flee presidential palace

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Times of Israel - By AP, Ilan Ben Zion - Dec. 05 (News Report) - At least 100,000 Egyptians forced Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi out of the presidential palace on Tuesday to protest his assumption of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.

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Egypt protesters encircle presidential palace

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Times of India - Dec. 05 (News Report) - CAIRO: Tens of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators encircled the presidential palace on Tuesday after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas, in a growing crisis over President Mohamed Morsi's decree widening his powers. The protesters cut

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100,000 protest at Egypt's presidential palace

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Yahoo! News - Dec. 05 () - More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and the adoption by his allies of a controversial draft constitution. ...

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Egypt braces for anti-Morsi protests

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CBS News - Dec. 04 () - Egyptian riot police beefed up security around the presidential palace Tuesday ahead of a massive rally planned by activists protesting the Islamist leader's assumption of nearly unrestricted powers and a draft constitution hurriedly adopted by his allies.

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VIDEO: Clashes at Egypt anti-Morsi march

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

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Egypt To Morsi: No Dictators Allowed

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Daily Beast - By Vivian Salama - Dec. 03 (News Report) - Amr Darrag is on a call when a second phone in his Cairo office begins to ring. He’s been awake since 6 a.m., and the stack of papers on his desk swells with every passing minute. A leader in Egypt’s Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, Darrag is also part of the 100-member committee scrambling to draft the country’s new constitution—a pending document that has hit every possible bump in the road since Egyptians toppled President Hosni Mubarak last year.

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Egypt court halts all work amid Islamist 'pressure'

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Bethany Bell - Dec. 02 (News Report) - Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has said it is halting all work indefinitely in protest at the "psychological pressure" it has faced.

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Egypt crisis: Morsi's compromise fails to quell protesters - live updates

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Matthew Weaver - Nov. 27 (News Report) - Follow live updates after the Egyptian president's offer to limit his new powers to sovereign issues failed to placate judges and protesters.

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Egypt's judges angry over President Mursi decree - BBC News

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By James Kelly - Nov. 25 (News Report) - Egypt's judges angry over President Mursi decree - BBC News

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Egypt: Judiciary, Political Rivals, Crowds Mobilize against Pres. Morsi

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Informed Comment - By Juan - Nov. 25 (Opinion) - The executive order issued by President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party last Thursday has thrown the country into substantial turmoil, with demonstrations, clashes and civil strikes throughout much of the country. The struggle against Morsi’s 7-point executive order is being fought on four levels: 1. Morsi’s rivals for political power, [...]

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